2001 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

none April 2025 April 2025 2001 Wisconsin Supreme Court election Wisconsin presidential No 2000 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 2000 2003 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 2003 April 3, 2001 Justice Prosser (3422871678).jpg David Prosser Jr. c0c0c0 549,860 99.53% File:2001 Wisconsin Supreme Court election results.svg 250px County resultsProsser: #9D7700 >90% Justice David Prosser Jr. David Prosser Jr. 1994 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1994 2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 2011 The 2001 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on April 3, 2001, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice David Prosser Jr. was re-elected unopposed. Background In September 1998, Governor Tommy Thompson appointed Prosser to a vacant seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB82BEA40F4C8C2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Prosser named to Supreme Court - Thompson selection comes days before justices will begin new term Richard P. Jones Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Pay per view 1998-09-05 While incumbent Wisconsin Supreme Court justices had rarely lost re-election in previous elections, unopposed re-elections were also somewhat rare. Of the previous eighteen elections, only five were unopposed races.Czarnezki Jason J. Voting and Electoral Politics in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Marquette Law Review 2003 2 87 https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1175 The Constitution of Wisconsin stipulates that early elections full terms can be triggered by a vacancy. The constitution stipulates that it is impermissible for more than one seat to be up for election in the same year. Elections must be moved to an earlier year after a vacancy, but only if there is a more immediate year without a scheduled contest.Wisconsin Question 2, Unified Court System Amendment (April 1977) https://ballotpedia.org/Wisconsin_Question_2,_Unified_Court_System_Amendment_(April_1977) Ballotpedia 27 March 2025 en All supreme court elections are held during the spring elections in early April.Portraits of Justice https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/supreme/docs/portraitsofjustice.pdf Wisconsin Courts Wisconsin Historical Society Press 27 March 2025 IX, X, and 59 2003 Since there were was no supreme court election scheduled in 2001, but there were elections scheduled in 1999 and 2000, the vacancy moved the election to the next possible date, 2001. This allowed Prosser successor to serve as justice for two years before he would be up for election. Results 2001 Wisconsin Supreme Court election https://whs.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_6736619b-cfbd-49f5-812b-81e800590178/ Results of Spring General Election - 04/03/2001 Wisconsin State Elections Board May 3, 2001 1 Wisconsin Historical Society December 2, 2024 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General election (April 3, 2001) Nonpartisan candidate David Prosser Jr. (incumbent) 549,860 99.53 Scattering 2,569 0.47 552,429 100 -32.45% References Category:Wisconsin Supreme Court elections Supreme Court Wisconsin